Lucian Freud. Self-portraits.
Mercator Fund| N° d'inventaire | 22214 |
| Format | 23.5 x 28.5 |
| Détails | 150 p., bound. |
| Publication | Brussels, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9789462301511 |
The first book devoted to Lucian Freud's self-portraits, this book offers a penetrating insight into the mind of this enigmatic and extremely secretive artist. These paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, and intimate letters constitute a constant reminder of his overwhelming presence, even when it is reduced to a shadow or a reflection. Several authors, some of whom knew him closely, situate Lucian Freud in the history of self-portraiture and examine the place that self-portraits occupy within his work. Their texts shed light on the painter's changing style, who scrutinized his body with as much intensity as he accorded his models. David Dawson is a painter and photographer who was Lucian Freud's studio assistant. Joseph Leo Koerner is a professor at Harvard University (Victor S. Thomas Professor of History of Art and Architecture) and a Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows at that same university. Jasper Sharp is Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Sebastian Smee is a Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic.
The first book devoted to Lucian Freud's self-portraits, this book offers a penetrating insight into the mind of this enigmatic and extremely secretive artist. These paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, and intimate letters constitute a constant reminder of his overwhelming presence, even when it is reduced to a shadow or a reflection. Several authors, some of whom knew him closely, situate Lucian Freud in the history of self-portraiture and examine the place that self-portraits occupy within his work. Their texts shed light on the painter's changing style, who scrutinized his body with as much intensity as he accorded his models. David Dawson is a painter and photographer who was Lucian Freud's studio assistant. Joseph Leo Koerner is a professor at Harvard University (Victor S. Thomas Professor of History of Art and Architecture) and a Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows at that same university. Jasper Sharp is Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Sebastian Smee is a Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic.